The surprise comeback of the Detroit Lions, the laughingstock of the NFL for decades, has fans clamoring for a chance to see the team as they host the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Sunday's NFC divisional round playoff game. ing.
Passes for the game at Detroit's Ford Field are listed on used ticket sales websites for as much as $17,000 each.
A quick look at Stubhub shows that tickets to the Lions vs. Bucks game in Detroit are on sale for anywhere from $494 to $17,078 each.
TicketMaster sells Nosebleed ticket sticks for about $500.
Online marketplace TickPick reports that the average ticket price for this game is $1,097, making it the most expensive divisional round playoff game ever.
According to TickPick, standing room only tickets for the game are selling for nearly $700.
The Lions had a dramatic 24-23 home victory over the Los Angeles Rams last Sunday, the franchise's first playoff victory in 32 years, and sent the Motor City into a frenzy.
The team had the great running back Barry Sanders and reached the NFC Championship Game in 2022, but has languished near the bottom of the league in recent decades.
The Lions' last success came in the pre-Super Bowl era, winning three league championships between 1952 and 1957.
The Motor City will be the epicenter of the sports world this weekend, with some of the biggest names born and raised in the Detroit area scheduled to attend the games.
Singer Bob Seger, actor Jeff Daniels, and actor, writer, and producer Keegan-Michael Key, all from Michigan, along with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and Eminem, one of the team's biggest fans. expected to participate.
The rapper recently shared on Instagram that he's a fan and said his New Year's resolution is for the Lions to win the Super Bowl.
The Lions' playoff berth shines a new spotlight on a local that has embraced the return of a pro football team as a metaphor for the city's economic recovery.
In the 1950s, Detroit was a thriving metropolis fueled by the economic power of America's once-dominant automobile industry.
But foreign competition and the exodus of manufacturing jobs sent the Motor City into decades of financial ruin, culminating in it declaring bankruptcy in 2013.
Since that time, Detroit has experienced a renaissance of sorts, fueled by businesses relocating to renovated downtown areas.
Earlier this month, a report from financial services firm CoreLogic found that Detroit is the fastest-growing housing market in the country, surpassing even Miami.
“Detroit remains one of the most affordable large cities with a median home price of less than $200,000,” Dr. Selm Hepp, chief economist at CoreLogic, told the Post.
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